This view of Leadville, Colorado looks northwest toward the front facades of the Pioneer Club and the Pastime Club on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado. Located in what was once the center of the red light district, the Pioneer Club is a two-story brick building built in 1892. It features a bracketed cornice, upper story windows with stone sills and lintels and an upper transom window above lintel. Iron framework supports a lower storefront which has been infilled with block, wood and windows. The Pastime Club is a one story false front with modern siding and original cornices. Both buildings have large neon signs, possibly from the 30's or 40's. One reads "Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe" and has "The Old Pioneer Club" around a clock, whose hands are at 1:30, at the bottom of the sign. The other reads "Pastime Cafe Bar, Club". A low cinder block structure with a door, glass block rectangular window and stepped roofline is on the east side of the Pioneer. A west sloping sidewalk and street, and a parked Ford Pinto hatchback are in front of bars.

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"1981" and "Frame 5"--Handwritten on back of photoprint.; Formerly F45468.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100003017

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F45468 DPLW

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10000301.TIF

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